Come fly with me...

around Duxford imperial war museum!!

Sorry i hope i had'nt got your hopes up there of some exotic destination!

Saturday we spent the day looking around duxford for mr h's dad's birthday,mr h's dad has wanted to go for years & reminis about his days in service.

We must admit mr h & i were'nt really looking forward to it but we were pleasantly surprised,it was very interesting & very nostalgic.

We started in the Airspace hanger...

it was amazing how many aircraft they fitted in each hanger..hanging from the roof filling every available space.

all shapes & sizes...

look at this beast,you would'nt want to mess with this one!!

And then look at who we saw....

Yes it is CONCORDE....

To give you a idea of the size of this machine this is mr h & his dad are standing underneath it!

Myself & daddy in law standing by one of concorde's wheels.

Inside concordes cockpit...a maze of lights & switches.

A assorment of colours....

With mr h...

This was a lovely old one with lots of varnished wood.....

Standing underneath looking up at the workings of a plane..sorry cant remember which one,there were so many!

I am going to use some of these pics for my cards as i need some designs suitable for the male population!!

Next stop battle of britain....

We were saying how we could imagine this chappie & his mates coming to life at night when everyone has left & the planes starting up.....just like they used too.

I loved these two..the ambulance & fire engine,the fire engine used to carry twelve men pulling the water pump behind them.

This is the operations room....which was all set up as if it was still working. Voices coming in over the radio..lights on the switch boards.

Now going into land warfare....

This is the remains of someone's home..showing you the destruction that happened.

There was also a pre fab bungalow,im afraid i didnt get any pics of that & you were'nt allowed inside as they wanted to preserve the interior,this particular one had lived in peckham & was home to mr & mrs bailey.

This next pic is of the bedroom caravan belonging to montgomery..i could'nt believe it,from the outside it looked like any other army vehicle but when you looked in the window was this posh bedroom,there was also a proper bathroom.There was also his living caravan which had a desk,leather sofa,pictures etc & also a wash room.

This is how it would have been set up outside montgomery's caravan...

& finally the american air museum...

look at this beauty' mary alice.'..

I hope i havent bored you too much..there is so much to see & so much to take in that father in law is going to have to make a few more trips to take it all in,but he enjoyed himself!

Definatly worth a visit.

Hope you are all having a good week so far,next post i will introduce you to the new members of our little family...watch this space!

Bye for now. xx

This time last month...

This time last month i went to lunch with my lovely mum & the art group that mum attends once a month. We went too the yacht club back home..being sunny little walton on the naze were i grew up. The yacht club has been there many years & could do with a bit of a revamp now but without taking away its character & charm.

The view from the club is fantastic,unfortunatly we did'nt have the sunniest of days. In the distance you can see the docks at felixstowe.

When i was growing up mum used to collect for the walton life boat & every year there would be a lifeboat day were all the collectors would go for a trip out on the lifeboat & return to the yacht club for a bite to eat...happy memories.

I just loved these pink wild flowers growing on the banks...

It would make a lovely painting..

This is the boat yard alongside the yacht club which is still working.

Bouys & boats...

These house martins were keeping us amused sitting on the ropes...

Seaweed hanging from the jetty..

Moored up sitting patiently....

This little hut is the home of the Town Hard Association which was founded many years ago by my grandad & his friend,it was set up to protect parts of the river from being taken over by the boat yards...i think i have this right?!! Must check with mum if i am giving you the correct story for it being set up. Anyway the town hard association is still up & running today & some of my family members are still involved with it today.

My mums family are a old walton family,we go back many generations a lot of whom were connected with the lifeboat.

This is part of the river the town hard protected.

It was a lovely afternoon..a trip down memory lane,lunch was nice too!!

Well this wasnt what i planned to blog about today but it has been raining cats & dogs here all afternoon & seeing as what i had planned to blog about was outside that knocked that on the head!!

Yesterday i went too see toystory with my friend & her little girl,i would recommend it it was great fun..a bit sad in parts but then i cry at anything!!

I have just baked a quiche for tea & the scrummy smell is wafting up the stairs to me..yummy roll on tea time!!

Have a good week everyone. xx